What kind of training to stop jumping, nipping and barking?
Also when I can figure it out I will post pitures of Jasper for every one. Thank You Sand |
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Hi Sandy, WELCOME! 
We are currently working with GG on the same thing! He gets REALLY excited when we play, especially with my husband, Grant!  I've been putting him in a sit then throwing the toy (reading the Dog Whisperer and they recommend that dogs should do this?!) If play gets CRAZY then I turn my body and ignore GG until he does what I've asked (he hates being ignored!) As for the barking I haven't got to that chapter yet!  But this is the place to come for all sheepie advice!
I can hardly wait to see a picture of Jasper! Colleen and Gucci George=>welcome Jasper! Just remember that they tell each other everything here! Even the embarassing stories!  |
| We've got the same issues at home, I'll be keeping an eye on this topic for help too. |
| When we first got Maggie, she would bark at the cats. We used a squirt bottle, and as soon as we saw her thinking about barking or heard a peep from her that was directed at a cat we would give her a squirt in the butt.
She didn't know where it came from and it would distract her from the barking. I would then call her over and give her a toy or a treat. I read that you have to try to break their thought process about barking instead of interupting it in order to teach them not to bark at something specific. Of course as I am typing this she is barking out the slider at ?? But she does not bark at our cats anymore. Maggie also would get really crazy when playing outside..she would run up, jump, growl, nip..refuse to give toys and get even crazier if you tried to take them ( I stopped trying to take them from her after I read how to teach your puppy to retrieve, which at first means never trying to take a toy away ). The ignoring worked very quickly for this. When she did any of these crazy behaviors I would totally turn away and look up to the sky..If she went too crazy over a toy I would put it away for a few days and try again.
They are smart and want attention so if you refuse to interact with them after they display bad behavior, they will try something else. Reward them when they display good behavior and they will catch on even quicker! |
Welcome Sandy... if you use the search tool at the top of the forum, you will likely find many threads related to each of the behavior issues you mentioned, and many tips for each. Good luck!  |
| Hello and welcome Sandy!
I'll second the motion from willowsprite... There's plenty of tips on lots of barking, nipping and jumping situations. Most of the time, ignoring them and providing alternate things to chew on makes the problem go away... It's a part of puppyhood and the adjustment to the human family. Consistency is the key here with whatever method you decide to use. Good Luck! |
| Our OES nips also. We have a book that tells you to ignore him when doing this. This does not work for my children 9 & 13. He will follow the 9 year old and continue to nip at her or get ahold of her arm and not let go. We named him before we ever saw him and the name is so appropriate it is not even funny. His name is Hurricane. |
MagMaeMom wrote: ...........We used a squirt bottle......
I used that method too until I realized that mine figured out that if it did "the bad behavior," it got the squirt bottle! Got a bird that likes it too.
Trying to "take away" a toy is the same as tug of war, whoever wins is the alpha. I used the tug of war to teach one of mine to "pull." I'd let her get one end, me the other and tell her to pull. Then, I'd tell her to "drop it." Took only a little time and she had it down. When I told her to pull, I'd scoot across the floor somewhat so she knew she was doing what I wanted, rather than her just pulling it out of my hands. That was a no no. Ignoring them works wonders in a lot of training. When teaching them we should always remember to NOT play rough with them while they're small. As they grow they don't realize their strength. Sometimes if I had a nipper, I'd put its paw in its mouth and gently squeeze the mouth closed to show it what it felt like. I SAID GENTLY.  It seemed to work. |
| This month's AKC newsletter covers the barking and jumping behavior:
http://www.akc.org/enewsletter/yourakc/ ... roblem.cfm |
| Ignoring our dog has definitely helped us, but MOST of all....EXERCISE. What's that show everyone is watching these days? Dog whisperer?
Cesar's Way : The Natural, Everyday Guide to Understanding and Correcting Common Dog Problems (Hardcover), by Cesar Millan, Melissa Jo Peltier People Training for Dogs, Cesar Milan's DVD Anyways, they covered this last weekend and they said with herding dogs, exercise IN THE MORNING is extremely important. For this particular herding dog, they were lucky and found a field where people let them bring their dog in to herd/nip/bark/chase their animals (husband watched it, not me...but it was either sheep or cows). Getting these behaviors out every morning, brought back a behaved (or controllable) dog. Until we exercised TWICE a day, NOTHING stopped our dog's barking and nipping which she got from the place we let her stay when we were gone (vets). SPRAY BOTTLE: Well, this has been used since day one and she immediately stops the behavior, BUT does it over again as if nothing happened. We tried distracting her AFTER we sprayed her with bitter apple (absolutely hates it), but as soon as we stopped playing with her, she totally forgot that she just got in trouble for bad behavior. She just DOES NOT GET IT. SO, we got a version of the SHOCK COLLAR: The kind that does NOT shock but sprays a liquid every time she barks. Well, she LOVES what's in it. lol ...go figure. She is so confused and startled by where the spray just got her, that she comes up to the cat or our little dog and blames them since they're usually right next to her. Again, she just does not GET IT. Bitter apple and ignoring... with months of consistency helped a lot. The exercise fixed the problem. |
| My question is how do I get otis from doing doing the "crazy run" whenever I get on the ground with him. Most of the time he will lay next to me, but sometimes he starts tearing around the yard like crazy trying to jump over me and wrestle! Not cool because he is 85 pounds. |
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